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previously been claimed at Sydenham, by the 

 Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison, at his catalogue 

 price of 6 6s., and was afterwards renamed 

 ' Nizam.' 



" The only information that could be ob- 

 tained about this beautiful cat was that he 

 was exhibited by Mrs. Davies and that he 

 came from Wales. Report suggested that he 

 was imported, but there is no evidence of any 

 chinchilla cat having been sent from abroad. 



the first prize to a heavily marked silver tabby, 

 thus totally ignoring the desired object. 

 This occurred at the Crystal Palace in 1893 

 or 1894. The two first classes ever given for 

 chinchillas were this one and that given at 

 Cruft's first cat show at Westminster, held 

 in March, 1894. 



" The next that was heard of ' Twin ' was 

 that she had suc- 

 cumbed from the 



MRS. WELLBYE'S " SILVER LOTUS." 



{Photo : E. Lamlor, Eating.) 



" ' Beauty's ' litter by ' Nizam ' consisted 

 of one male and four females, two of which, 

 as ' Twin and I 'so named because they 

 were so exactly alike won first prizes and 

 medals wherever shown. Another was sold by 

 me to Mrs. Martin, which, as ' Lambkin Queen,' 

 was the foundation of the afterwards noted 

 cattery at High Wycombe. 'Twin' eventually 

 went to Mr. Lawton, who renamed her ' Queen 

 of the Mist.' Mated with 'Silver Lambkin' 

 she produced ' Sea Foam,' the first chinchilla 

 to win a prize in a class solely confined to cats 

 of the colour. There was an amusing coin- 

 cidence about this win, inasmuch as after 

 considerable trouble had been taken to get a 

 separate class for chinchillas, the judge gave 

 10* 



effects of swallowing a needle. ' I,' registered as 

 ' I, Beauty's Daughter,' remained the whole of 

 her lifetime at The Lodge, Penge, where, when 

 paired with the pale blue ' Champion Bundle,' 

 ' Southampton Duchess ' was the result, the 

 latter the mother of the ' Silver Lambkin's ' 

 most sensational son ' Champion Lord South- 

 ampton,' who was sold by Mrs. Greenwood 

 for 60, when he became the property of 

 Lady Decies, this being probably the highest 

 price that has ever been given in England for 

 a cat of any variety. 'Champion Lord South- 

 ampton,' who has been a very great winner, is 

 remarkable for the lightness of colour and slight 

 markings of his kittens, this being undoubtedly 

 due to the strain of blue in his blood. Many 



